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Enthusiast's Guide To The American Le Mans Series
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Spring is finally here and the racing season has begun. We would all be fooling ourselves if we admitted that we knew everything about all the racing series. In an effort to reduce confusion and hopefully bring some clarity, we will continue our series of articles covering the various road racing series in U.S.…
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This Moggie Loves Donuts: With Video
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25% fewer wheels, 100% more burnout! The Morgan 3-wheeler, while visually similar to the Supersport model of the company’s hayday in the 1930s, this 3-wheeler sports a bit more modern construction with a contemporary V-Twin motorcycle engine mated to a Mazda sourced 5-speed manual transmission. Whatever is powering it, it can do one hell of…
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Vintage Advertising: Up Front Ford Edition
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Kamil’s recent run of vintage ads inspired me to pull the few I have out of my collection and share them with the Hooniverse. Since I was a small child, the GT350 has been my favorite car of all time. I don’t have much more to say, because the ad says it all.…
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The 1972 British Grand Prix: A Photographic Retrospective
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Through a bit of personal luck, I managed to find myself internet stumbling across these excellent series of vintage racing photography. Mr. Robert Baron has brought an enthusiasts perspective of racing in the 60s and 70s to those of us with a passion for motorsport and an internet connection. For that, I have to offer him…
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Hooniverse Motorsport News For The Week Of March 26, 2012
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Welcome to the Hooniverse Motorsport News. Formula 1 ran their second event in as many weeks in Malaysia. NASCAR went back out West for more roundy round action. IndyCar opened another season in Florida at the St. Petersburg Grand Prix. SCCA’s Pro Racing World Challenge series supported IndyCar at St. Pete with a double header.…
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#SwedeSpeed @2PM EST: Randy Pobst!
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If you have ever wondered what it’s like to be shot out of a cannon on a standing start, or what it’s like to use massive turbo lag to your advantage, or what it’s like to outdrag Porsches and Vipers down long straights in a Volvo S60 in the SCCA World Challenge, then this event…
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Not Your Average Nurburgring Video: BMW Procar + Klaus Graf
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Is there such a thing as an ordinary Nurburgring video? Can anyone ever get sick of watching cars drive around that glorious green hell in the Eifel mountains? In this case, championship sports car driver Klaus Graf is filmed flogging a retired BMW Procar M1. This is no ordinary Procar, though. This particular car was…
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Jackie Stewart – Weekend Of A Champion
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The roar of Cosworth DFV V8s filled the air in 1971. Sir Jackie Stewart slid his Tyrrell-Ford to victory from pole in the 1971 Monaco Grand Prix. While the Monaco race is always a special one, this one was even more exciting for Stewart. He would be followed for the entire weekend by friend…
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Ferrari F40…Weak In The Knees…Video…My God!
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With glorious sound and amazingly beautiful videography, this is definitely worth a few minutes of your time to sit down, turn it up, and enjoy. What others in your office will likely call noise, you are more likely to know as the sound of pure glory. This is the reason man crawled from the primordial…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – Uh, Hi There
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Editors Note: This weekend, Hooniverse will be running a series of posts introducing you to some of the new writers who are now in our part of the Hooniverse. This time it’s Bradley Brownell who is our own Hooniverse Motorsports Editor. Let Bradley know how much you appreciate his writing here. The life of…
